Aftermath of WWI

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Aftermath of WWI
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Essential Question

• How did Europe change after WWI?

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Russian Revolution

• In 1917, Russia went through a revolution.
• A revolution is a big change of power in short
  amount of time.
• Poor people in Russia (serfs) were unsatisfied
  with their lives.
• They blamed the rich ruling class of Russia and
  demanded the Czar (King) step down
• The Czar of Russia (King) was Nicholas II

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Russian Revolution

• This took place in 1917.
• WWI had made the poor even poorer
• They took over the Russian Government and killed
  Nicholas II and his whole family, ending the 300
  year Romanov Dynasty.

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Russian Revolution

• After the Revolution, a Communist group known as
  the Bolsheviks took over
• Communism is a system in which people cooperate
  to survive.
• The leader of the Bolsheviks was Vladimir Lenin

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Russian Revolution

• Lenin and the Bolsheviks make Russia a Communist
  country and change the name.
• Russia becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist
  Republics (USSR)

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The War Ends

• The Allied Powers win the war.
• The war leaves almost all of Europe bankrupt.
• They force Germany to sign the Treaty of
  Versailles in 1919.

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The Treaty of Versailles

• The 1919 Versailles Treaty, which Germany was
  kept under blockade until she signed, ended the
  war. The treaty said
• the war was all Germanys fault.
• Germany had to pay money to the countries it
  attacked.
• Germany had to give up a bunch of its land and
  colonies
• Germany also had to disarm its military.

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• The Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to go
  through a depression
• a time when businesses and people lost a lot of
  money

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• People who could not find jobs joined the
  Communist and National Socialist parties.
• The National Socialist Partys leader, Adolf
  Hitler, was gaining more and more power

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The Treaty of Versailles

• They were also mad because the treaty said that
  Germany alone caused WWI.
• Many Germans wanted revenge

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Nazi Party

• As more and more Germans became poor and angry,
  more and more began joining the National
  Socialist Party.
• Before long, the party is very large and its
  leader, Adolph Hitler becomes very powerful.
• They also change the name of the party to the
  Nazi Party

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We Will See Hitler Again
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Mr. Cribbs is a Dictator

• Split class in two groups
• Why are you unsatisfied with me as dictator?
• What is your new political partys name?
• Who is your leader?
• How will you take me out of power?
• What will you do when you have power?

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Mr. Cribbs is a Dictator

• How will you control the people of the other
  political party?
• Why are you unsatisfied with your new dictator?
• Who is your leader?
• How will you take them out of power?
• What will you do when you have power?